C♯sus4
Sus4 · C♯ – F♯ – G♯
- C♯R
- F♯4
- G♯5
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the C♯sus4 chord
The C♯sus4 chord (sus4) is made up of 3 notes — C♯ is the root, F♯ the perfect fourth and G♯ the perfect fifth. The third is replaced by the fourth, building tension that wants to resolve back down to the major.
On guitar, C♯sus4 chords sit higher up the neck: x44122, around the 1st fret. Leave the low E string out and strum the rest. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.
Suspended-fourth chords swap the third for a fourth, creating tension that wants to fall back to the major.
Common questions
- What notes are in the C♯sus4 chord?
- The C♯sus4 chord contains the notes C♯, F♯ and G♯.
- How do you play C♯sus4 on guitar?
- A common shape is x44122. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the C♯sus4 chord?
- The C♯sus4 chord is built from the root (C♯), a perfect fourth (F♯) and a perfect fifth (G♯).
- Is C♯sus4 the same as D♭sus4?
- Yes — C♯ and D♭ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so C♯sus4 and D♭sus4 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it C♯sus4.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open C♯sus4 in the finder to hear it on guitar and piano and browse every playable voicing side by side. Or switch to Name my chord — tap frets or keys and MobileChords identifies the chord you're playing, inversions and slash chords included.